George W. Pepper

George Wharton Pepper (16 March 1867-24 May 1961) was a US Senator from Pennsylvania (R) from 9 January 1922 to 4 March 1927, succeeding Boies Penrose and preceding William Scott Vare.

Biography
George Wharton Pepper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1867, and he was admitted to the bar in 1889. He also taught at Penn Law school for 21 years, wrote over 40 articles in various legal publications, and was a lay Episcopalian leader and activist. In 1892, he switched his affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, siding with Theodore Roosevelt's progressive wing. Following the death of US Senator Boies Penrose in 1922, Pepper was selected to finish his term, and he also took his place on the Republican National Committee. He lost for re-election in 1926, and he continued to preach for Christian unity, while he was also a vocal opponent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" policies. He died in 1961 at the age of 94.